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Salih Lütfi Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

Salih Lütfi Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in 1867/68 (AH 1284); the father's occupation was "Aşçı". Work began in Şebinkarahisar in 1881/82, at about 15. The first annual entry, for 1881/82, names Salih Lütfi as a candidate official (Mülazım), with no place. Alongside, the lists for 1882/83 give a second post, in Şebinkarahisar as Aşar İdaresi üçüncü kâtibi. Salih Lütfi then moved to Alucra from 1883 to 1885. Alongside, the lists for 1884 to 1890 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Tahrirat kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1889 to 1909 give a second post, in Şebinkarahisar as Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi. For 1909 to 1912 the lists have no entry. The lists give Infisal for 1884/85, 1889/90 and 1896/97; Vefat (death) for 1912/13 instead of a title.

Pay rose from 240 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to a peak of 350 in 1897/98, in Şebinkarahisar, when 40 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 24 years of salary come to 75,792 kuruş, 64 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1912/13.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 6 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1883/841889/901346ŞebinkarahisarAlucra

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Karahisar-ı Şarki Ağnam ve Aşar İdaresi), stop 5 (Hamidiye).

  1. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    Born 1867/68 (AH 1284); First work 1881/82 (AH 1299)

  2. Karahisar-ı Şarki Ağnam ve Aşar İdaresi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

    Mülazım 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300); mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi) 1882/83 (AH 1300)

    entries in 2 years

  3. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Aşar İdaresi üçüncü kâtibi

    240 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Alucra

    1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)

    Aşar ve Ağnam İdaresi ikinci kâtibi 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1884/85 (AH 1302)

    240 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Hamidiye as worded, no place record not on the map

    1884 to 1890 (AH 1302 to 1307)

    Tahrirat kâtibi 1884 to 1890 (AH 1302 to 1307); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1889/90 (AH 1307)

    160 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  6. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    1889 to 1913 (AH 1307 to 1331)

    Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi 1889 to 1909 (AH 1307 to 1326); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1896/97 (AH 1314); Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job)) 1912/13 (AH 1331)

    0 to 350 kuruş a month; entries in 21 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 1330350 kuruşMülazımTahrirat kâtibiTahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 1330This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Salih Lütfi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/8324040046017%
1883/8424040040017%
1884/8524040042518%
1885/8616040011%
1886/8716040011%
1887/8816040012%
1888/8916040013%
1889/9016040013%
1893/941254003608%
1894/95784003103%
1895/96784003003%
1896/97315450332.535%
1897/9835040033540%
1898/9935040035038%
1899/190035040035039%
1900/0135040030039%
1901/0235040035038%
1902/0335040030040%
1903/0435040530038%
1904/0535040030037%
1905/0635043030036%
1906/0735045030037%
1907/0835046040037%
1908/0935040025040%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Salih Lütfi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300Mülazım
2 entries
YearSalary
1881/82
1882/83
1882/83AH 1300mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi)
1882/83AH 1300Aşar İdaresi üçüncü kâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)240
1883 to 1885AH 1301 to 1302Aşar ve Ağnam İdaresi ikinci kâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1883/84240
1884/85240
1884/85
Alucra240
1884/85AH 1302Infisala note on status, not a job
1884 to 1890AH 1302 to 1307Tahrirat kâtibi
7 entries
YearSalary
1884/85160
1885/86160
1886/87160
1887/88160
1888/89160
1889/90160
1889/90
160
1889/90AH 1307Infisala note on status, not a job
1889 to 1909AH 1307 to 1326Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi
36 entries
YearSalary
1889/9095
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1893/94125
1894/95
1894/9578
1895/96
1895/9678
1895/96
1896/97
1896/97
1896/97315
1897/98
1897/98350
1898/99350
1899/1900350
1899/19000
1899/1900
1899/1900
1900/01350
1900/010
1900/01
1901/02350
1901/02100
1901/02
1901/02
1902/03350
1903/04350
1904/05350
1905/06350
1906/07350
1907/08350
1908/09350
1908/09
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)95
1896/97AH 1314Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1909 to 1912 (AH 1327 to 1330)
1912/13AH 1331Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Father's occupation
Aşçı

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 48 officials with entries in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in the same years, 46 have a recorded salary; Salih Lütfi Efendi had the 32nd highest salary of them.

All 75 officials with entries in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

Same job title, same years

Of the 11 officials with the title Mülazım in the same years, 10 have a recorded salary; Salih Lütfi Efendi had the 8th highest salary of them.

All 92 officials with the title Mülazım

Same birthplace

Of the 67 officials born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), 66 have a recorded salary; Salih Lütfi Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

The page of Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), with the 67 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Salih Lütfi Efendi had the 109th highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Salih Lütfi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299MülazımKarahisar-ı Şarki Ağnam ve Aşar İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1882/83AH 1300MülazımKarahisar-ı Şarki Ağnam ve Aşar İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1882/83AH 1300mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi)Karahisar-ı Şarki Ağnam ve Aşar İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1882/83AH 1300Aşar İdaresi üçüncü kâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1883/84AH 1301Aşar ve Ağnam İdaresi ikinci kâtibiAlucra240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1884/85AH 1302Aşar ve Ağnam İdaresi ikinci kâtibiAlucra240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1884/85AH 1302Aşar ve Ağnam İdaresi ikinci kâtibi (Azil)AlucraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1884/85AH 1302InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1884/85AH 1302Tahrirat kâtibiHamidiye160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1885/86AH 1303Tahrirat kâtibiHamidiye160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1886/87AH 1304Tahrirat kâtibiHamidiye160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat kâtibiHamidiye160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1888/89AH 1306Tahrirat kâtibiHamidiye160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1889/90AH 1307Tahrirat kâtibiHamidiye160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1889/90AH 1307Tahrirat kâtibi (İstifa)HamidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1889/90AH 1307InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1889/90AH 1307Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiziŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)95Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1890/91AH 1308Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiziŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1891/92AH 1309Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiziŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1892/93AH 1310Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiziŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1893/94AH 1311Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiziŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1893/94AH 1311Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiziŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1894/95AH 1312Hazine-i Deavi vekili (ilave-i memuriyet)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1894/95AH 1312Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtip vekiliŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)78Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1895/96AH 1313Hazine-i Deavi vekili (ilave-i memuriyet)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1895/96AH 1313Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtip vekiliŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)78Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1895/96AH 1313Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtip vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1896/97AH 1314Hazine-i Deavi vekili (ilave-i memuriyet)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1896/97AH 1314Hazine-i Deavi vekili (ilave-i memuriyet) (İstifa)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1896/97AH 1314Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)315Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1896/97AH 1314InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1898/99AH 1316Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat Müdür vekili ve Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcı vekili (hasbi)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat Müdür vekili ve Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcı vekili (hasbi) (Görevin sona ermesi)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1899/1900AH 1317Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (ilave-i memuriyet)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1900/01AH 1318Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1900/01AH 1318Tahrirat Müdür vekili (hasbi)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1900/01AH 1318Tahrirat Müdür vekili (hasbi) (Görevin sona ermesi)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1901/02AH 1319Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1901/02AH 1319Tesisat-ı Askeriye İane Komisyonu kâtibi ve Sandık Emini (ilave-i memuriyet)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1901/02AH 1319Tahrirat Müdür vekiliŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1901/02AH 1319Tahrirat Müdür vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1902/03AH 1320Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1903/04AH 1321Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1904/05AH 1322Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1907/08AH 1325Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1908/09AH 1326Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1908/09AH 1326Tahrirat Kalemi başkâtibi (İnfisal)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394; 385 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394.
1912/13AH 1331VefatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 104/394
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Salih Lütfi Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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